The Growth of a Giant: China as Viewed from North America

摘要

Thirty-five years ago I visited China for the first time as president of The Iron Ore Co. of Canada. I arrived very late on a flight from Tokyo and fell, exhausted, into a deep sleep at the old Peking Hotel only to be awakened at the crack of dawn by the most bizarre, cacophonous noise I had ever heard. I struggled to the window and gazed out to see what was happening: It was waves of thousands upon thousands of Chinese on bicycles all dressed in Mao suits, pedaling to work while arguing about cut-offs and other violations of traffic safety and rules.